At this point I would be happy to give RQ these cookies.....too many are finding there way into my hands......

Ash Wednesday - Ziti with Mediterranean Sardine Sauce

Lentils, rice, homemade bread and corn

Baked cube steak in golden mushroom soup, to be served over mashed potatoes, asparagus, and sliced strawberries.

Logan's Run, Can you deliver a plate to me?

Only if you share the bread recipe. I purchased some whole wheat flour and yeast earlier in the week....my plan was to make some bread tomorrow and entertain the children by teaching them the fine art of kneading bread.

I used the bread recipe on the flour bag

Why does the baker work so hard?
Because he kneads the dough!



On a more rational note, I got ambitious today
and made a French Crumble-Topped Apple Pie.

Grilled cheese on homemade whole wheat honey bread, tomato soup and applesauce.

Blackened catfish with crawfish etouffee, grilled shrimp, green beans and sweet potato with SCADS of real butter!

Catfish in Oklahoma.....

Two years ago, bride and I were at a three-day conference in Fort Worth, which was scheduled to end around 4:00pm on Saturday. Bride got hold of a map and discovered that Oklahoma, a state to which she had never been(!), was remarkably close (like about 100 miles), googled around, and located "McGehee's Catfish Restaurant and Airport" in Coffeyville, KS, and learned this fine establishment offered an all-you-can-eat meal of fried catfish, french fries, and hushpuppies! I guess it is unnecessary to recount that we finished our sessions, hopped in the rental car, and drove up I36 to a left on (what else?) McGehee Rd, and followed that to a lovely spot overlooking, at some distance, the Red River.

Great catfish, wonderful attentive staff (like the whole McGehee family), and major EN points booked by yours truly....

Did you mean in Marietta, Oklahoma? That would be about 100 miles from Ft Worth. I can't believe you Yankees didn't go to Billy Bobs and ride the mechanical bull like most Yankees!

I am impressed you folks ate catfish! Most Yankees won't eat it, including my damnyankee husband.

Not sure of the municipality, but googling "McGehee's" will locate it!



If you go, tell them NG says "Hi"!

As for "Billy Bob's", the rest of our party went there Saturday night, while poor NG is driving, driving, catfish-eating, driving, driving.....

And they will stare at me blankly until I tell them the "yankee who visited back in XX!" The reason I asked if it was in Marietta, OK, is because you said Coffyville, Kansas, which is 300 miles from there! Coffeyville is 400 miles from Ft Worth.


I almost got kicked out of Texas for taking a band of rowdy Yankee co-workers to Billy Bob's who were dressed in shorts and polo shirts! Oh yes, we were quite the spectacle, especially when they decided to join the cowboys in their line dancing. When the dance was over and the cowboys were leaving the floor, I heard one of them comment "did you see those a**sholes out on the dance floor?"

Kielbasa sausage, scrambled eggs, toast and sliced apples.

What??? No berries?

Anyway Bride went to Julia Child again, for Pork Braised on a Bed of Red Cabbage, Red Wine, and Apples, accompanied by herb-roasted red potatoes.

I immediately gained two pounds just inhaling its cooking aroma!

We had strawberries with lunch. We are currently out of blueberries.

Girl, you have a serious fruit addiction!! Do I need to check your blood sugar??

Dinner was RIB EYE, green salad with blue cheese, brussel sprouts with bacon and deviled eggs!

Nope, I had 2 strawberries with lunch and about 1/4 of a sliced apple with dinner......I keep plenty of fresh fruits and veggies around for the children. Many times, fruit is the dessert.

Chocolate is my addiction.

Corn Souffle and Salmon Patties.

My Souffle fell and my salmon was hohum. I liked it, but DH despised the meal.

We also had rice crispy treats, chocolate covered pretzels, fruity rice cripsy treats, and fruit leather. I was in a baking mood.

So, MB cooks, why did my souffle not souffle?!?